Billy Joel catalog sale on iTunes

#12, There are always albums less than $9.99, although I think this is the first time iTunes has done an across the board sale on one artist's albums.

Is this the first time the iTunes store has had a full-length album for sale at less than $9.99? If so, it is indeed interesting; I wonder whether it points towards more variable pricing in the future.

Under normal circumstances I wouldn't have posted a spam comment like that for my record label. It just seems like over the past 4-6 months or so the number of articles at TUAW has gone way, way up, probably double to triple what it used to be. I'm all for it if the entries are actually newsworthy. The Free Music Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday posts are maddening (you can just go to the iTunes store front page and see all of the free items right in the middle - why do we need posts for this? However, the plug for Billy Joel's back catalog just pushed me over the edge I guess. I appreciate the fact that Scott said the main reason for the post was that the albums were being discounted. However, this didn't seem to be the focus of the piece - it was more centered on Billy Joel.

I really don't have a problem. Given that it's on that rollover system, I might have never noticed it. I don't remember seeing sale prices for full albums for any widely recognized artist on iTunes, this might be a first.

The Double Crown Records post should win post of the year. First it's a shameless free self promotion, followed by a dig against the people who allowed the self promotion to happen. Wow. I bow to down to you, Lord of the Asses!

The interesting part, to me, is that Apple is offering a discount on the album hence I posted it.

Hey, where's my TUAW posting? I run a small surf/instro rock n' roll label called Double Crown Records and hey, you can download many of our albums on iTunes! Just go to our website at http://www.dblcrown.com and on our front page you'll see a list of albums we have available. Choose from artists like The Penetrators, Bonney & Buzz, Dr. Frankenstein, The Kilaueas, The Hellbenders and The Madeira. Sorry for the ad, but hey, I'm in agreement with the other posters that blogging about every new entry to the iTunes store is just plain obnoxious.

"a songwriter who hasn't had a hit in ten years"

And Jody, your last hit was when?

I already own (and ripped) every BJ album, but this is good to see.

Keep up the posts like this, TUAW--I don't have time to check the iTunes store every single moment for sales.

And, Jody--"hasn't had a hit in ten years"? Does this mean he's less important than Fall Out Boy now?